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Only a few painters became famous as young people thanks to their talent. John Singleton Copley, who grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, as the son of Anglo-Irish colonists, is certainly a prime example of this. He painted a portrait of his brother at the age of 14. He earned his first money at the age of fifteen with a portrait of a local clergyman, and at sixteen he painted his early work "Mars, Venus and Vulcan", which is still famous today. Copley not only fed the family through his art, he also quickly rose to the upper circles of Boston.
During this period of the Seven Years' War for possession of Canada, "America" was considered a rough corner and an eternal source of unrest. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why Copley's paintings also caused a sensation in Great Britain from 1766 onwards, especially the portrait "Boy with Squirrel". Critics compared it with Rubens or van Dyck, and recommended an engagement in Europe. While Boston, in particular, gradually developed into a stronghold of colonial discontent, Copley was emphatically apolitical; his wife's family were all "loyalists" - his father-in-law, Mr. Clarke, was one of the aggrieved importers at the famous "Boston Tea Party". Copley left Massachusetts in 1774, the year the war broke out, and was never to return.
In London Copley began a second career as a history painter. Historical pieces were in great demand in the nationally conscious, up-and-coming island empire of the time. He made his debut with the "Death of the Earl of Chatham" and painted sea pieces such as the surrender of Admiral de Winter, but also religious themes such as "Hagar and Ismael in the Desert". But Copley did not deny his American roots either. After the independence of the United States, he was the first to dare to paint a ship with the U.S. flag - "Watson and the Shark", a salvation from extreme hardship, became a success on both sides of the Atlantic. Copley painted portraits of many famous Americans during their stays in London, including the later US Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. However, planned visits to the old homeland never came about. The Napoleonic Wars consumed his fortune.
John Singleton Copley is now highly regarded on both sides of the Atlantic. His son John Singleton Copley jr., a brilliant lawyer and jurist, later even became British Lord Chancellor.
Only a few painters became famous as young people thanks to their talent. John Singleton Copley, who grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, as the son of Anglo-Irish colonists, is certainly a prime example of this. He painted a portrait of his brother at the age of 14. He earned his first money at the age of fifteen with a portrait of a local clergyman, and at sixteen he painted his early work "Mars, Venus and Vulcan", which is still famous today. Copley not only fed the family through his art, he also quickly rose to the upper circles of Boston.
During this period of the Seven Years' War for possession of Canada, "America" was considered a rough corner and an eternal source of unrest. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why Copley's paintings also caused a sensation in Great Britain from 1766 onwards, especially the portrait "Boy with Squirrel". Critics compared it with Rubens or van Dyck, and recommended an engagement in Europe. While Boston, in particular, gradually developed into a stronghold of colonial discontent, Copley was emphatically apolitical; his wife's family were all "loyalists" - his father-in-law, Mr. Clarke, was one of the aggrieved importers at the famous "Boston Tea Party". Copley left Massachusetts in 1774, the year the war broke out, and was never to return.
In London Copley began a second career as a history painter. Historical pieces were in great demand in the nationally conscious, up-and-coming island empire of the time. He made his debut with the "Death of the Earl of Chatham" and painted sea pieces such as the surrender of Admiral de Winter, but also religious themes such as "Hagar and Ismael in the Desert". But Copley did not deny his American roots either. After the independence of the United States, he was the first to dare to paint a ship with the U.S. flag - "Watson and the Shark", a salvation from extreme hardship, became a success on both sides of the Atlantic. Copley painted portraits of many famous Americans during their stays in London, including the later US Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. However, planned visits to the old homeland never came about. The Napoleonic Wars consumed his fortune.
John Singleton Copley is now highly regarded on both sides of the Atlantic. His son John Singleton Copley jr., a brilliant lawyer and jurist, later even became British Lord Chancellor.
_Demanding_the_Five_Members_in_the_House_of_Commons_in_1642_-_(MeisterDrucke-290510).jpg "Charles I Demanding the Five Members in the House of Commons in 1642 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Return of Neptune by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs. John Winthrop by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer by John Singleton Copley")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-16217).jpg "Mrs. Daniel Sargent (Mary Turner) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs. John Winthrop by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Copley Family by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "John, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Portrait of William II, King of the Netherlands, when Prince of Orange by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs Alice Hooper by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Battle of Jersey, 1781 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs. Sylvester Gardiner, née Abigail Pickman, formerly Mrs. William Eppes by John Singleton Copley")
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_1771_-_(MeisterDrucke-566042).jpg "Portrait of Mrs Paul Richard, nee Elizabeth Garland by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Death of the Earl of Chatham by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Portrait of Joseph Scott by John Singleton Copley")
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_attempting_to_arrest_five_Members_of_Parliament_published_by_-_(MeisterDrucke-561965).jpg "Charles I (1600-49) attempting to arrest five Members of Parliament, published by Walter Rowlands, 1888 by John Singleton Copley")
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_and_His_Family_1778_-_(MeisterDrucke-377174).jpg "Sir William Pepperrell and His Family by John Singleton Copley")
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_(17171778)_c1770_-_(MeisterDrucke-377234).jpg "Mrs. James Russell (Katherine Graves) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Richard Heber, 1782 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Death of Major Pierson and Defeat of the French Troops in the Island of Jersey on 6th of January 1781 by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1383862).jpg "Mrs. Daniel Sargent (Mary Turner) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Samuel and Eli, engraved by S. Allen, from")
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.jpg "The Death of Major Peirson at St. Helier, Retaking Jersey from the French, 8 January 1781, from")
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.jpg "John Singleton Copley Self-Portrait by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Copley Family by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Boy by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Portrait of William II, King of the Netherlands by Charles Turner")
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.jpg "John Quincy Adams, the Sixth President of the United States, 1933 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Sitwell Family by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Harrison Gray by John Singleton Copley")
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_(1730-68)_1763_-_(MeisterDrucke-575614).jpg "Mrs John Murray (Lucretia Chandler) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Death of Major Pierson by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs. Robert Hyde by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Thomas Hancock by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Thomas Hancock by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "John Hancock, c.1770-72 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Western Brothers, 1783 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, 1782 c1783 by John Singleton Copley")
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_c1771-74_-_(MeisterDrucke-589326).jpg "Portrait of Mrs. Jabez Bowen (Sara Brown), c.1771-74 by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1220681).jpg "Elizabeth Gray Otis (Mrs. Samuel Alleyne Otis) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, ca. 1763 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Catherine Greene by John Singleton Copley")
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 1765 - (MeisterDrucke-230008).jpg "Mrs Theodore Atkinson Jr. (Frances Deering Wentworth) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Charles, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis Cornwallis, c.1795 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, 1739 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs. Joseph Henshaw by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs. Daniel Hubbard Mary Greene by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Centenary of the Battle of Jersey, The Death of Major Pierson by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar, 14th September 1782 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Portrait of Hugh Montgomerie, later 12th Earl of Eglinton by John Singleton Copley")
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_1763_-_(MeisterDrucke-573970).jpg "Portrait of Mrs Gawen Brown (Elizabeth Byles), 1763 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Death of Major Pierson, 6 January 1781 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Anna Dummer Powell, 1764 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Anne Fairchild Bowler Mrs. Metcalf Bowler, c. 1763 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Midshipman Augustus Brine by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Henry Hill, c. 1765-70 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "General George Augustus Eliott on a Grey Charger, study for")
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.jpg "Daniel Crommelin Verplanck by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mary Toppan Pickman by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Admiral Richard, Earl of Howe, 1794 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Copley Family, 1776 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Woman, 1755 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Young Lady with a Bird and a Dog by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Colonel William Fitch and His Sisters Sarah and Ann Fitch, 1800-1801 by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-901550).jpg "Portrait of a Boy, c.1758-60 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Study for The Ascension by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "George John Spencer, 1st Lord of the Admiralty in Garter Robes by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Death of the Earl of Chatham, 1779 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "John Hancock, c.1770-72 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Sketch for The Copley Family by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, c.1799-1806 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs. Henry Hill Anna Barrett by John Singleton Copley")
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_c1771_-_(MeisterDrucke-587375).jpg "Captain John Montresor by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Andrew Oliver by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Dorothy Murray by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Daniel Hubbard, 1764 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Robert Hyde, Squire of Hyde by John Singleton Copley")
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_c1769_-_(MeisterDrucke-901422).jpg "Mrs William Eppes (c.1730/33-80) c.1769 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Elizabeth Greenleaf, 1753-54 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Midshipman Augustus Brine by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Rev. Mr. William Welsteed of Boston, New England, c.1753 by John Singleton Copley")
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_c1765-1770_(pastel_on_paper_mounted_on_linen)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1426629).jpg "Mrs. Henry Hill (Anna Barrett) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Copley Family by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs. Daniel Hubbard by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs Clark Gayton by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Siege of Gibraltar by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Thomas Hollis by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Portrait of a gentleman by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Charles Cornwallis, from")
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.jpg "Midshipman Augustus Brine by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781 by John Singleton Copley")
 - (MeisterDrucke-14691).jpg "Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mifflin (Sarah Morris) by John Singleton Copley")
.jpg "Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley")
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